Resting State Brain Activity During Long-Term Dry Immersion
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this work was to investigate the brain’s rhythmic activity during a simulated microgravity condition (namely dry immersion).
METHODS: During dry immersion, which lasted for 5 d, nine subjects (healthy men, 20 to 29 yr of age) were individually placed in a tub (2.2 × 1.1 × 0.85 m) filled with water (temperature was kept constant at about 33°C). Subject floated in the tub without bodily support in the supine horizontal position, but isolated from the water by waterproof material. Resting state EEGs were registered at the fourth or fifth day of dry immersion. Under the control conditions, resting state EEGs were registered while subjects laid in a supine position on a couch.
RESULTS: Compared to the control condition, EEG power in the alpha range (8–13 Hz) was greater in dry immersion; this effect was distributed across the whole scalp. No effects of dry immersion were found for the beta, delta, or theta frequency bands.
CONCLUSION: The results of the study, similar to those obtained in a real spaceflight, indicate that support withdrawal is an important contributor to brain activity alterations in weightlessness.
Lazarev IE, Tomilovskaya ES, Kozlovskaya IB. Resting state brain activity during long-term dry immersion. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018; 89(7):642–647.
METHODS: During dry immersion, which lasted for 5 d, nine subjects (healthy men, 20 to 29 yr of age) were individually placed in a tub (2.2 × 1.1 × 0.85 m) filled with water (temperature was kept constant at about 33°C). Subject floated in the tub without bodily support in the supine horizontal position, but isolated from the water by waterproof material. Resting state EEGs were registered at the fourth or fifth day of dry immersion. Under the control conditions, resting state EEGs were registered while subjects laid in a supine position on a couch.
RESULTS: Compared to the control condition, EEG power in the alpha range (8–13 Hz) was greater in dry immersion; this effect was distributed across the whole scalp. No effects of dry immersion were found for the beta, delta, or theta frequency bands.
CONCLUSION: The results of the study, similar to those obtained in a real spaceflight, indicate that support withdrawal is an important contributor to brain activity alterations in weightlessness.
Lazarev IE, Tomilovskaya ES, Kozlovskaya IB. Resting state brain activity during long-term dry immersion. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018; 89(7):642–647.
Keywords: EEG; dry immersion; support withdrawal; weightlessness
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2018
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